MARIOS STAMATIS
PRACTICES VISUAL ART, PERFORMANCE & DESIGN
RESEARCHES TECHNOLOGY & VISUAL CULTURE
Marios Stamatis is an Athens-based artist, designer, and educator. His practice includes sculpture, performance, video, sound, and text. Through a de-centered physical and neural fluidity in the form of expression, his work explores the increasing influence of new forms of intelligence on the human psyche, intellect, and ultimately the body. He holds a BA degree in Graphic Design from Camberwell College of Art and an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University of London. He has received the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship ARTWORKS 2022. He was shortlisted for the STARTPOINT PRIZE 2018 and New Contemporaries 2016. He has participated in various artist residency programs such as Villa Bergerie and Glogau Air. His work has been exhibited internationally in independent spaces, galleries, and institutions, including the Venice Biennale, the Greek National Opera, Haus N Athen, ACG Collection, Gossamer Fog, KEIV, Arebyte, Zabludowicz Collection, Beaconsfield, CAN, Outsight, Fotopub, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, and Assembly Point among others. His work has been featured in publications and platforms like Artforum, KubaParis, OFluxo, Saliva, Tzvetnik, and AQNB.
He is currently teaching at the Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts of the American College of Greece, and is a participant of the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies program for 2024/25.
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AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
ARTWORKS Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
STARTPOINT PRIZE (Nominated)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries (Shortlisted)
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RESIDENCIES
Onassis AiR Athens, GR
Villa Bergerie Aragon, SP
Ghost Camp St. Imiers, CH
Glogau Air Berlin, DE
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SOLO & TWO-ARTISTS PRESENTATIONS
Heartbroken by AI, ARTWORKS, Athens, GR (2023)
Tactile Ghost, cur. Elina Axioti, AMA House, Antiparos, GR (2021)
SLOW FADE, cur. Felice Moramarco and Sayori Radda, Gossamer Fog, London, UK (2018)
Scenarios of the Pool, cur. Natalija Paunić, Peckham Experiment, London, UK (2017)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2024
Provata, cur. Dimitrios Trikas, Athens University Law School, Athens, GR
Art Athina 2024, cur. Nicolas Vamvouklis, Callirrhoe, Athens, GR
Shifting, cur. Stella Christofi, New Castle, Niokastro Pylou, GR
And All our World is Dew, cur. Eva Vaslamatzi, ACG Art Collection & Gallery, Athens, GR
Hell Remains, cur. Arepo, Haus N Athen, Athens, GR
Shifting, cur. Florent Frizet, One Minute Space, Athens, GR
2023
UNBOXING CALLAS, cur. ATOPOS CVC, Greek National Opera, Athens, GR
Garden Shed, cur. Jonathan Hammer, Villa Bergerie, Aragon, SP
2022
Tassos Vrettos: The Forest’s Riddle, cur. Nadja Argyropoulou, Nobel Building, Athens, GR
Dirty Laundry, cur. Marian Luft and ION, Keiv, Athens, GR
Collector’s House, cur. David Krnansky, 38.17429042141923, 23.58474316242082, GR
Up there my eyes were breathing, cur. Frauke Alina Becker, Raus Project, Athens, GR
2021
Art Athina 2021, cur. Konstantinos Lianos, Keiv, Athens, GR
Every Offbeat Step, Every Footprint Left, cur. Matyas Malac, Prisoning Museum, Uničov, CZ
Beyond Nostalgia Hijack, cur. Konstantinos Giotis, CAN Gallery, Athens, GR
PLAGUE SHIP, cur. Proto Gallery System, Mediterranean Sky, Elefsina, GR
Gardening (an indoor activity), cur. Georgia Liapi, Zoumboulakis, Athens, GR
2020
Urban Antibodies, cur. Konstantinos Giotis and Natalia Janula, weekend, Athens, GR
Lovebug, cur. Jinho Lim, Outsight, Seoul, KOR
Please Please me, cur. Vassiliki Plavou, The Symptom Projects, Amfissa, GR
Cra(u)sh, cur. Vassiliki Plavou, Grace, Athens
2019
Most Dismal Swamp, cur. Dane Sunderland, Arebyte, London, UK
Startpoint Prize 2018, cur. Radek Vana, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NED
Unstitched Resources, cur. Insa Langhorst, Studio One Oh Six, Los Angeles, USA
Vocalis, cur. Alice Jacobs, Beaconsfield, London, UK
Genesis 2.1, cur Vassiliki Plavou, Kappatos, Athens, GR
2018
Non-Standard, cur. Mattia Giussani, t-space, Milan, IT
Total Refreshment, cur. Felice Moramarco, London, UK
Accidental Encounters, cur. Hyperlink Athens, Grace, Athens, GR
2017
Fotopub, cur. Tereza Jindrová, Novo Mesto, SI
We’re having a great time :), cur. Mattia Giussani, at ROCKELMANN &, Berlin, DE
Pills and Potions, cur. Brenda Guesnet, Enclave Projects, London, UK
Use/User/Used/, cur. Mattia Giussani, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2016
The Day After, cur. Danai Giannoglou and Vassilis Papageorgiou, Enterprise Projects, Athens, GR
BYOB Geneva, cur. Eva Papamargariti and Loic Sutter, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
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SELECTED PRESS
OFLUXO
KUBAPARIS
ARTFORUM
TZVETNIK
AQNB
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TEACHING & LECTURES
2023 — present
Frances Rich School of Performing and Fine Arts, American College of Greece
2016 — 2018
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London
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EDUCATION
MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
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